GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| hygiene | a science of the establishment and maintenance of health |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| trappings | outward signs |
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |